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The Forgotten Heatwave of 1936 | Duluth News
This July’s heat may feel intense, but it pales next to the apocalyptic summer of 1936—when 13 state temperature records still stand today. That brutal heat followed a record-breaking cold winter and was fueled by stubborn high-pressure systems that blocked rain and roasted the land, triggering the Dust Bowl. Farmers, overworked and overconfident in the moisture, faced catastrophic dust storms visible from Chicago to New York. Wildfires burned, planes dropped water, and people died—all while temperatures soared to still-unbroken highs. The lessons learned then helped shape modern drought…
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